[Leica] Work-flow (another new bit of lingo for the Oxford English)

[Edward Caliguri <caliguri@rcn.com>]

Hi BD and Robert, all -
    Well - I have to say both of you have valid points. But for some GREAT
photographers, the digital workflow slows them down ---- a lot! --- I know
personally a few Geographic and wildlife guys who can't stand digital, and
are glad they don't have to. They'd rather be out in the field shooting,
Don't forget that digital is just not shooting, downloading, white
balancing,  yada yada yada (a lot of yadas! ;-) )but there are crashes,
electronic problems, booting and re-booting. programs freezing. Downloading
all the photos before you can pull them up and then delete them (then there
is the 'well - maybe I'll save it, play with it a bit later' issue) and all.
What can happen to a light box? Bulb go out?;-) ...Sometimes, editors, and
the photographer, want to see IT, the ACTUAL IMAGE, the Hunk O' Film that
WAS behind the lens! And YES, I think it is actually impressive if someone
does look at the Jockey's face and sees the skin of his clenched teeth on a
mouth guard.
    Ed
 
>> 2. You've got to be kidding when you say the digital workflow takes
>> longer than the film workflow.
>> "I develop them by machine, edit on a light table and
>> throw out the rejects.  I can view a slide in a few seconds using a
>> loupe.  Opening a file, closing it and then deleting it probably
>> averages
>> to ten or fifteen seconds each file."
>> 
>> So you're saying you take a processing machine to the venue? And wait
>> how long for the slides to be processed, dried, and mounted before you
>> throw them on the light table - that you also took to the venue? As
>> opposed to the "ten to fifteen seconds" it "probably averages" to view
>> each digital image and decide if it's a keeper - which can be done on
>> the camera if one is so inclined. And if one isn't, it's sure easier
>> carrying a laptop to the race track than it is transporting a slide
>> processing outfit, film drier, mounts, and a lightbox. And then,
>> assuming that you want to make some color or white balance adjustments
>> in those slides you've thrown on the lightbox, how do you do it - unless
>> you're printing - and how long does it take?
> 
> I said not on a tight deadline.  Which means it can wait until they get
> developed by normal means.
> 
>> Come on. If you want to say that you think film is superior because it
>> captures that fine detail - and you have a need for that fine detail -
>> okay. If you want to say you prefer the latitude film gives you, okay.
>> If you want to say that you prefer to use your Leicas and Leica glass,
>> and that you can't use them to shoot digitally, fine. But don't claim
>> that shooting digitally slows people down - because it just ain't so.
>> :-)

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